NRHP Reference # 84001117 Year built 1881 | Area 4 ha Added to NRHP 30 August 1984 | |
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Location Main Street between Bridge and Spring Streets and 5 Bridge Street, Deep River, Connecticut Architect Williams,Charles M.; Ford,Buck & Sheldon Architectural style Colonial Revival, Romanesque | ||
The Pratt, Read and Company Factory Complex is an historic industrial facility located in Deep River, Connecticut. It consists of two clusters of buildings lining the Deep River north of the town center, west of Main Street and bounded on the north by Spring Street and on the south by Bridge Street. The complex on the east was developed by the Pratt-Read Company beginning in 1863, although no buildings survive that predate 1881. These facilities were used to process ivory, notably for combs, buttons, and piano keys, and eventually entire piano keyboard actions. In 1914 the company expanded on the western bank of the river, developing the complex that stands off Bridge Street. It was one of the works of a pioneer of the use of reinforced concrete in factory construction, Ernest J. Ransome.
The complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 30, 1984.